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Bockie, Simon. Death and the Invisible Powers: The World of Kongo Belief. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. Devoted Christian Woman
Death and the Invisible Powers Page 94 1993
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A devoted Christian woman became briefly sick and died unexpectedly. She rejected using the term "die" because her existence was never interrupted - she moved from one world to another automatically without any break in consciousness. On her journey, she saw countless people heading in the same direction with hardly anyone resting. The scenes were similar to what she had known in her lifetime, which made her think the spiritual world was not in the sky as Christianity teaches. Walking as fast as she could, she arrived at the end of the road where she could move no further. People there were holding nkanda wa moyo, the book of life. With her name found in the book, she was allowed to pass. She found herself in the most beautiful, very clean city with small but beautiful houses. To get her room key, she was referred to Abraham and then to Peter. Peter told her the room supposed to be hers was already reserved for another newcomer and asked how she had gotten there since it was not yet her time. She could not explain as she had no part in arriving there. Peter urged her to return despite her begging to stay, captivated by the city's beauty. When Peter invited her to look back, suddenly she could only see the coffin in which she was being laid. She called out "Why have you put me in this coffin? I am not dead." The mourners were astonished and speechless. The experience challenged her expectations as she found no demarcation between life and death, contrary to what she had anticipated.
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Brief illness leading to death, mourners present with coffin
Detailed heavenly city description, named biblical figures, consciousness in coffin
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